Jem looked over and hopped onto his feet. He stood by Ellie and watched her as she cheered. "...Go Bean! Go!" he countered against Ellie's cheer, but all in good fun.

Alice sprinted over to the opposite side of Skye, making lots of room for the battle. "I'm ready. You can have the first move," she said as Bean walked into the middle of the "battlefield". Bean had only been in a few battles with wild Pokémon, and this was his first battle against another trained Pokémon, not counting the frequent wrestling he did with Jem.